Re: 2016 Squad Requirements : Mon Oct 05, 2015 9:01 pm  

oggy123 wrote:

We're has shaw gone? Like the look of the las wouldn't mind him at Leigh out on the wing!

You wouldn't be saying that if you saw him play there

Re: 2016 Squad Requirements : Mon Oct 05, 2015 9:09 pm  

He was class in The game at odsal were was he playing full back?

Re: 2016 Squad Requirements : Mon Oct 05, 2015 9:12 pm  

oggy123 wrote:

He was class in The game at odsal were was he playing full back?

He did have a great game that day, but yeah that was from fullback.
When we lost at home to Fev he was on the wing. I'll say no more.

Re: 2016 Squad Requirements : Tue Oct 06, 2015 8:10 am  

Just need to look at our team lise, we could lose several players and not notice tbh. squad by squad number, coaching team and stats table below. 1 Jake Mullaney 1 year Overseas andNonFed https://twitter.com/jake_mullaney STAY 2 Etu Uaisele 2 years Kolpak and NonFed https://twitter.com/freshie_topai GO 3 Adrian Purtell 1 year Overseas and Nonfed https://twitter.com/bruiser3101 STAY 4 Matty Blythe 2 years https://twitter.com/mattyblythe88 STAY 5 Danny William 2 years https://twitter.com/danny_w86 STAY 6 Harry Siejka 2 years Koipak and NonFed https://twitter.com/h_siejka STAY (BACKUP) 7 Lee Gaskell 2 years STAY 8 Paul Clough 2 years https://twitter.com/Paul_klaus STAY 9 O'Brien 2 years https://twitter.com/adamob93 STAY 10 Adam Sidlow 1 year STAY 11 Tom Olbison 2 years https://twitter.com/Tom_Olby STAY 12 Dale Ferguson 2 years https://twitter.com/fergiefergz12 STAY 13 Danny Addy 2 years (back row/utility) https://twitter.com/dannyaddy32 STAY 14 Jay Pitts 2 years https://twitter.com/jpitts22 STAY 15 Dan Flemming 2 years https://twitter.com/DanFlem123 STAY 16 Karl Davies 2 years Overseas and NonFed https://twitter.com/KarlDavies08 GO 17 Jean-Philippe Baille GO 19 Chris Ulugia 2 years Kolpak and Nonfed https://twitter.com/chrisulugia STAY 20 Adam Henry 1 year overseas and NOT NonFed trained https://twitter.com/Addy_Henry ID LIKE HIM TO STAY, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE BETTER OUT THERE 21 Dave Petersen 1 year https://twitter.com/petersen92 GO 22 Chev Walker 1 year (utility)] https://twitter.com/chevwalker GO 23 Alex Mellor 1 year Junior https://twitter.com/melloralex STAY 24 Lucas Walshaw 2 years STAY 25 Nathan Conroy 1 year GO 26 Vila Halafihi 1 year https://twitter.com/Vila_Halafihi STAY 27 Ryan Shaw 1 year https://twitter.com/blazinshaw GO 28 Samir Tahraoui 2 years https://twitter.com/samirtahraoui STAY 29 Adam Brook 2 years https://twitter.com/Adam_Brook GO 30 Sam Bates 2 years GO 31 Epalahame Lauaki 2 years Kolpak and non-fed trained??? GO 32 Steve Crossley (nearly) 2 years STAY ?? James Mendeika aprox 2.5 years STAY Need either a FB or a SH depending upon what position Mullaney plays, havent included our new recruits as they are keepers, we also need a new big prop, think centres and wings are safe, and our 2nd row looks good

Just need to look at our team lise, we could lose several players and not notice tbh. squad by squad number, coaching team and stats table below. 1 Jake Mullaney 1 year Overseas andNonFed https://twitter.com/jake_mullaney STAY 2 Etu Uaisele 2 years Kolpak and NonFed https://twitter.com/freshie_topai GO 3 Adrian Purtell 1 year Overseas and Nonfed https://twitter.com/bruiser3101 STAY 4 Matty Blythe 2 years https://twitter.com/mattyblythe88 STAY 5 Danny William 2 years https://twitter.com/danny_w86 STAY 6 Harry Siejka 2 years Koipak and NonFed https://twitter.com/h_siejka STAY (BACKUP) 7 Lee Gaskell 2 years STAY 8 Paul Clough 2 years https://twitter.com/Paul_klaus STAY 9 O'Brien 2 years https://twitter.com/adamob93 STAY 10 Adam Sidlow 1 year STAY 11 Tom Olbison 2 years https://twitter.com/Tom_Olby STAY 12 Dale Ferguson 2 years https://twitter.com/fergiefergz12 STAY 13 Danny Addy 2 years (back row/utility) https://twitter.com/dannyaddy32 STAY 14 Jay Pitts 2 years https://twitter.com/jpitts22 STAY 15 Dan Flemming 2 years https://twitter.com/DanFlem123 STAY 16 Karl Davies 2 years Overseas and NonFed https://twitter.com/KarlDavies08 GO 17 Jean-Philippe Baille GO 19 Chris Ulugia 2 years Kolpak and Nonfed https://twitter.com/chrisulugia STAY 20 Adam Henry 1 year overseas and NOT NonFed trained https://twitter.com/Addy_Henry ID LIKE HIM TO STAY, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE BETTER OUT THERE 21 Dave Petersen 1 year https://twitter.com/petersen92 GO 22 Chev Walker 1 year (utility)] https://twitter.com/chevwalker GO 23 Alex Mellor 1 year Junior https://twitter.com/melloralex STAY 24 Lucas Walshaw 2 years STAY 25 Nathan Conroy 1 year GO 26 Vila Halafihi 1 year https://twitter.com/Vila_Halafihi STAY 27 Ryan Shaw 1 year https://twitter.com/blazinshaw GO 28 Samir Tahraoui 2 years https://twitter.com/samirtahraoui STAY 29 Adam Brook 2 years https://twitter.com/Adam_Brook GO 30 Sam Bates 2 years GO 31 Epalahame Lauaki 2 years Kolpak and non-fed trained??? GO 32 Steve Crossley (nearly) 2 years STAY ?? James Mendeika aprox 2.5 years STAY Need either a FB or a SH depending upon what position Mullaney plays, havent included our new recruits as they are keepers, we also need a new big prop, think centres and wings are safe, and our 2nd row looks good

Re: 2016 Squad Requirements : Tue Oct 06, 2015 8:59 am  

Gaskell confirmed he's going nowhere next season. Great news,

Re: 2016 Squad Requirements : Tue Oct 06, 2015 9:12 am  

Fantastic

Re: 2016 Squad Requirements : Tue Oct 06, 2015 9:21 am  

M@islebugs wrote:

Just as an aside, Does anyone have the faintest idea why we signed,
Crossley
Mendieka
Caro
Clare
Ryan
Neilsen

And yet didn't sign Jarrod Sammutt when he was available and we had no halfbacks?

A player who once scored 25 tries in a SL season for us.

I've not read all the threads for a while, but this caught my eye. I agree and I'd also love to know a reason behind this. It has been blindingly obvious from very early on this season that we lacked a good enough scrum half. Addy covered it well enough for most weeks, harry can get away with some of his poor efforts in the championship, but neither was ever going to be a good enough option come the 8's, and so it proved, and yet we found the money to buy more back rowers and wingers. Sammut might not be the worlds best half, but hes better than Addy, Purtell and Harry, and would have given us another dangerous option on Saturday.

Of that list above, I actually rate Caro and Clare, and with Williams thats as good a set of wingers as we can expect in the Championship. Neilsen has been solid enough and I suspect we'll see more from him with a full preseason. Ryan is a good backrower, but we have never been short in the backrow and Id like to see Mellor Pitts Ferguson and Addy in there ahead of Ryan. And as for Mendieka, he was an odd signing and I dont think he is good enough, needs to be moved on.

The scrum half position IMO has been Lowes and Ferris' main failing, and the one area that needs rectifiying before all else next season, the answer might not be Sammut, but it needs to be not Addy/Purtell/Harry. I think Addy is one of our best players, but he needs to go into the backrow, I think Purtell has been brilliant, but he needs to play in the centre...Harry needs to leave.

Re: 2016 Squad Requirements : Tue Oct 06, 2015 9:30 am  

I'm not sure where players on full time contracts could be offloaded other than Sheffield....although Hull KR have taken one.

Re: 2016 Squad Requirements : Tue Oct 06, 2015 10:17 am  

Thanks for posting the squad list BroadyBull, its very useful to have it to reference

We already know that Walker, Conroy, Bates, Brook, Henry, Davies and Shaw have either gone or are imminently departing.

Nothing has been said about Baille and before the last week I would have assumed he would be off - but suddenly it seems like he might be back in favour, so maybe he will get another deal. Probably not though...

Peterson will probably sign for Sheffield and I wouldn't be surprised if we offloaded a few more in that direction as they need to sign a bunch of players. We might be able to offload Usaisele, Ulugia and Taharoui down to Sheffield as it seems obvious that Jimmy doesn't really rate them. No point in keeping people around who aren't going to get a game.

I'd like us to offload one of Flemming or Crossley as I think we need better in the prop department, and since its obvious that Jimmy really loves Lauaki for some unfathomable reason, then we'd have to see if someone would take one of the other two to free up a slot / money to bring in more grunt in the prop department.

Re: 2016 Squad Requirements : Tue Oct 06, 2015 10:21 am  

When Petersen has his loan agreement extended it was said he'd made the move permanent.

When Baile signed it was said he had an option of a second year, but I don't know in who's favour.